Spring 2027 Retreat: Yoga, Meditation, & Forest Bathing

Spring 2027 Retreat: Yoga, Meditation, & Forest Bathing

Why a retreat?

Retreats are truly a treat. They offer you the opportunity to step away from the hectic and sometimes frantic pace of everyday life and turn inward, listening intimately to your body, heart and mind, allowing space to open to the presence and knowing of your own inner wisdom. Retreats offer the opportunity of deep connection; with yourself, with others, and with something greater through the practices of yoga, meditation, forest bathing, and community connection.

By offering and integrating a variety of practices, this retreat offers participants the ability to co-create and savor a variety of comtemplative practices in a beautiful and nurturing space.

"Keeping your body and mind healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos - the trees, the clouds, everything." ~Thich Nhat Hahn

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Spring 2027 Retreat: Yoga, Meditation, Forest Bathing, Sound Healing & Community Connection

Location: Rainbow Lodge Retreat Center - North Bend, WA
Rainbow Lodge is a 50min drive from Downtown Seattle
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Dates: Thursday March 18 - Sunday March 21, 2027‍
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RETREAT OFFERINGS

This retreat offers a variety of practices, in addition to holding space for solo exploration. Below is a list of offerings you can expect.

Soulful Flow Yoga I Guided meditation I Forest Bathing I Yin Yoga I Restorative Yoga I Sound-Baths & Sound Healing I Pranayama Breathing I Walking Meditation I Conscious Connected Breathwork I Nature Hikes I Community Connection I Nourishing Meals

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RETREAT (SAMPLE) SCHEDULE

“One Retreat, Many Paths”
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‍THURSDAY

3:45-4:30p      Arrival
4:30-6p           Soulful Flow Yoga (whole group)
6-7p                 Dinner
7:15-9:15p       Community Connection (whole group)

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FRIDAY

6:15-6:45a       Meditation
6:45-7:15a        Coffee/Tea
7:15-9a             Soulful Flow Yoga
9-10a                Breakfast
10:15-12:15p     Forest Bathing (Group #1)
10:15-10:45p    Meditation (Inside)
10:45-11:15a     Walking Meditation
11:15-11:45a     Meditation (Inside)
11:45-12:15p     Walking Meditation
12:30-1p           Meditation (whole group)
1-2p                  Lunch
2:45-3:15p       Meditation
3:15-3:45p       Walking Meditation
4:15-6p             Yin Yoga (whole group)
6-7p                  Dinner
7:15-9p             Community Connection + Sound Bath (whole group)

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SATURDAY

6:15-6:45a       Meditation
6:45-7:15a        Coffee/Tea
7:15-9a             Soulful Flow Yoga
9-10a                Breakfast
10:15-12:15p     Forest Bathing (Group #2)
10:15-10:45p    Meditation (Inside)
10:45-11:15a     Walking Meditation
11:15-11:45a     Meditation (Inside)
11:45-12:15p     Walking Meditation
12:30-1p           Meditation (whole group)
1-2p                  Lunch
2:45-3:15p       Meditation
3:15-3:45p       Walking Meditation
4:15-6p             Yin Yoga (whole group)
6-7p                  Dinner
7:15-9p             Community Connection + Sound Bath (whole group)

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SUNDAY

6:15-6:45a        Meditation
6:45-7:15a         Coffee/Tea
7:15-9a              Soulful Flow Yoga
9-10:30a           Breakfast/Pack Up/Out of Rooms
10:30-11:15a     Meditation (whole group)
11:15-12p           Closing Circle (whole group)
12-1p                 Lunch
Departure at 1pm

*When signing up for this retreat, we appreciate it if you are able to commit to attending the entire retreat (Thursday - Sunday) and all the "whole group" sessions. Other sessions are optional.

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INVESTMENT

(Includes all meals, lodging and teaching)‍
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Single Occupancy Room:
Extra Early: $1,200 (Until September 30, 2026)
Early: $1,325 (October 1 - January 16, 2027)
Regular: $1,475 (After January 16, 2027)
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Double Occupancy Room:
Extra Early: $1,100 (Until September 30, 2026)
Early: $1,225 (October 1 - January 16, 2027)
Regular: $1,375 (After January 16, 2027)

*All rates are per person. Double occupancy requires you to book with another person.

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STEPS FOR BOOKING

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1. Follow Zelle or Pay Pal link to Pay $500 Deposit (coming soon, registration not yet open). Extra Early, Early & Regular rates are tracked based on date of deposit payment.
2. Email studio: info@mindbodyhum.com confirming your payment and single or double occupancy.
3. Final Payments will be processed January 16, 2027

‍All payments are non-refundable and non-transferable.
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ACCOMMODATIONS

Nestled on 40 acres in the tall timber at the base of towering Mount Si, Rainbow Lodge Retreat Center is unique. You’ll find a lovely cedar Lodge with massive rock fireplaces and comfortable rooms.
We encourage you to learn all there is about Rainbow Lodge by following this link to their site: https://www.rainbowlodge.org/

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MEALS

You will enjoy nine delicious vegetarian meals during your stay. If you have any dietary restrictions, we will be asking you for those details a few weeks before the retreat. Please note that the retreat center cannot accommodate severe nut allergies. The kitchen cannot be made a 100% nut-free environment.

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WHAT TO BRING

The following is a list of suggested items to bring to the retreat:

• Yoga: mat, 2 blocks, strap
• Forest Bathing: comfortable walking shoes or boots, weather appropriate layers. Think "rain or shine", we will enjoy what the forest has to offer, whatever the weather is. Hand warmers and sitting pads will be provided.
• Meditation: sitting cushion(s)
• Restorative: blanket, pillow, eye pillow, bolster
• General: flashlight, evening jacket, rain-coat, journal

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RETREAT FACILITATORS

Scott Francis & Chloe Lee-Tjenos

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SCOTT FRANCIS

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I discovered yoga & meditation in the early 90's and started teaching in 2004. From 2009-2019 I co-owned Be luminous Yoga & in 2020 I opened mindBodyHUM with my wife, Maria Gehl.

Early on I realized the power of the complimentary qualities of a deeply physical asana practice and the deep psychological practice of meditation. "For me the practices offer a path of inquiry into my own personal conditioning as well as a framework of wisdom to grow and develop toward more connectivity, love, presence and joy."

Over the years my yoga practice has included many different styles: Iyengar, Hatha, Ashtanga, Power Vinyasa and Restorative. Currently I enjoy teaching Warm vinyasa and Restorative Yoga. The framework and manner in which I teach meditation is primarily guided by my own experiences on retreats and the guidance I've received from many Insight meditation teachers and teachings. I've primarily sat retreats at Spirit Rock, IMS and The Forest Refuge. My primary teachers have been: Jack Kornfield, James Baraz & Guy Armstrong, and I've been blessed to have sat with many other teachers who are part of the teaching fabric of these meditation communities. In my teaching I integrate the insights and experiences I've had when sitting different types of retreats such as: Insight, Concentration, Loving-Kindness and Compassion.

More recently I've integrated the use of gongs and crystal bowls to help provide practitioners with the renewing and healing qualities of sound. I believe the integration of certain sounds can also help guide practitioners toward the knowing of the subtle inner "Sound of Silence."

Over the last 20 years I've been blessed to co-facilitate many retreats and look forward to sharing the power of community with you.

https://www.mindbodyhum.com/teachers/scott-francis

https://brainchangeatwork.com/

https://www.francisgivren.com/

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CHLOE LEE-TJENOS

Co-founder of Cascadia Forest Therapy

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I am a yoga teacher, clinical hypnotherapist, and forest therapy guide based in Seattle. I design practices that train attention by blending movement, breath, and guided inner work with time in nature. My aim is simple: to help you feel stronger, more aware, and capable of shaping a mind of your own choosing. Wherever we practice together, I strive to create the conditions for self-discovery, a shared space where truth of who you are can be revealed, appreciated, and lived more fully.

Soulful Flow Yoga
A breath-centered, rhythmic practice that blends vinyasa flow with guided inner work. Our practice will weave together movement, breath, storytelling, visualization, and yogic philosophy with subtle energy practices like pranayama and mudra. Influenced by both traditional yoga and modern neuroscience, we will flow between fluid sequences and deliberate moment of stillness and reflection.

Forest Bathing (Shinrin Yoku)
A guided nature-connection practice rooted in sensory consciousness, relational presence, and subtle energetic attunement. Through simple invitations, slow wandering, and quiet observation, we will engage with the more-than-human world while noticing shifts in internal state, breath, and energy. as our bodies settle into the rhythm of the forest, our systems associated with rest, repair, and regulation come online to restore physiological wellbeing. Forest bathing supports a deeper connection with the self and nature an offers space to cultivate balance, clarity, and belonging.

www.cascadiaforesttherapy.com

https://www.mindbodyhum.com/teachers/chloe-lee

https://www.instagram.com/chloe_jane_lee

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